Teju Cole ("Open City"), Eleanor Henderson ("Ten Thousand Saints"), Téa Obreht ("The Tiger's Wife"), Ismet Prcic ("Shards"), Karen Russell ("Swamplandia!") and Amy Waldman ("The Submission") all exhibit the confidence of seasoned imaginers and pull us into realms that feel at once familiar and strange.
Submissions are exhibited anonymously, without attribution.
San Francisco State University Assistant Professor Tanya Augsburg selected 117 pieces from 900 submissions for the exhibit.
As part of a nationwide competition called "Doodle for Google 2012," the museum is encouraging Maryland students in kindergarten through 12th grade to redesign Googles's homepage banner around the theme "If I could travel in time, I'd visit…" The 10 best state submissions will be exhibited at the Walters from May 23 to June 24.
Through July 1. "Nikon Small World Exhibit," 20 images from the winning submissions of this year's Nikon International Small World Competition.
"Nikon Small World Exhibit," 20 images from the winning submissions of this year's Nikon International Small World Competition.
Through Aug. 9. "Nikon Small World Exhibit," 20 images from the winning submissions of this year's Nikon International Small World Competition.
Among the losers was Benjamin Latrobe, the most gifted professional architect in the country, whose submission is in the exhibit.
Fifteen of more than 3,500 submissions were chosen and exhibited in a 35,000-square-foot warehouse during Art Basel Miami Beach in December.
Though most of the artists are from Mercer County, anyone is permitted to exhibit, and no one is rejected, unless a submission is lewd".This is a family-friendly festival," Ms. Sette said.Some artists are as young as 10.Ms.
